Happy weekend everyone, i welcome you all to my blog.
This is another Tasks on the Newbies Initiative Program , we are in week 5.
Before I proceed, i will love to show special appreciation to the foundwr of the Initiative, the person of @starstrings01, and My Mentors, Leaders and Guides on the Hive Blockchain.
So far my experience in the Newbies initiative programs have been very Enlightening, Educative and Insightful. Many things learnt through the various lectures, teaching and practical especially on the Weekly Hangout on Discord have really built me up and increased my understanding and fostered my Growth on the Hive Blockchain.
This week exposed us to a world of Designs on Canva. We learnt on the Essentials and How Design Eyes Catching and Professional Designs on Canva.
We learnt a lot on Canva Essentials. The Discord meeting for this Week was held on Sunday at exactly 8pm, @olujay hosted the week teaching. We have Mr Starstrings also available for the meeting.
Without wasting much time, Let delve into the Task for this week.
What is a thumbnail?
A thumbnail is a Picture or Image which represents the vivid details of what a content contains. A thumbnail show the reader or audience a summary of what your post or Contents (Videos, Posts, Audio) Contains.
A good thumbnail should grab attention of people to want to check out your contents or posts.
Importance of a thumbnail
A good thumbnail can attract people to your posts or contents. A good thumbnail increases people's engagement on your content.
Best Dimension for a thumbnails
Thumbnail can come in any size or shapes. But the best Dimension for a thumbnail is 1280 x 720 px.
Mr Olujay stress out that emphatically, he said 1280 by 720 is the standard dimension for thumbnail.
Steps on How i created my Thumbnail
Here are the step i followed to create my thumbnail for this post.
Step 1: Open your Canva App
After opening your app (The above homepage appears)
Step2: go to search section at the top of the screen and search for Thumbnail, Select and open any thumbnail that suits your needs.
Step3: I picked this, but i want a plane yellow colour background, so i am changing the background image to plane yellow colour.
Step4 Import a picture frame, and insert the pictures of your choice. ( To insert a picture frame, just click on that plus sign at the bottom left corner, select Shapes, and search for pictures/image frames, insert the one's you like, for me i chose the one with borderline)
Copy the picture frame by pressing the plus on the image to duplicate it ( For this design am making two tiny pictures and username.
Step 5. Edit the write ups, choose any font of your choice and after completing save.
Why is JPEG pictures formats always advisable to save your Thumbnail
Jpeg is a generally accepted version or format of images. Generally most websites supports them and almost all devices recognise the JPEG format.
It can be edited easily and also uses smaller memory spaces.
(I used the same method to design this too)
Thanks you so much for your time and Amazing comments.
I wish you all Happy Weekend